Konoha Third Welfare Home Affiliated Primary School, Class 1, Grade 3.
This was Konoha's newest elementary school, supposedly one of Minato Namikaze's achievements.
The Fourth Hokage, Sawada Hiroki, had established a great many elementary and middle schools in Konoha, as well as three additional high schools, several vocational technical colleges, and a university.
In the past, children from welfare homes like theirs rarely had the chance to enroll in Konoha's Ninja Academy.
Kabuto sat in the corner of the last row of the classroom, where newly transferred students were usually placed.
He kept his head lowered, his fingers absently picking at a patch of peeling paint along the edge of his desk.
The desk was not particularly old, but it had still been around for several years.
Kabuto could easily tell the age of the desks and chairs. The marks and greasy stains on them proved that they had likely seen frequent use, which meant the welfare home had always housed a considerable number of orphans.
But where had they all come from?
Kabuto adjusted his glasses.
The classroom was noisy, but the commotion had nothing to do with Kabuto.
No one punched or kicked him, no one stuffed dead rats into his desk, and no one mocked him to his face. It was rather different from the Land of Earth.
Children in the Land of Earth were more savage and cruder.
The children here formed their own little circles, and no one had the spare time to bother with him.
They simply ignored Kabuto.
Kabuto found that quite acceptable. At the very least, he had no interest in playing with children who had never even seen a battlefield.
There was just one thing he did not like.
Whenever it was time for group discussions, an instant vacuum formed around